DROPPING NOPPEN AND PRINTING RASPBERRIES
Right - time for another one of glass collecting’s array of “technical terms” to be demystified – today, #prunts .
In simple terms, these are decorative blobs of glass, applied to the stem or bowl, particularly of larger goblets or roemers; they’re sometimes thought to have been intended to afford a better grip. They date right back to Roman times, but first really became popular in the middle ages, throughout the #Germanic states and in to the low countries – the same area where roemer toasting-goblets came to prominence, hence the two often complement one another. Early prunts should more properly be referred to as “nuppen” or “noppen”, from their native language. These mean, respectively, drops and #burls - as in knots in woollen fleeces – words which therefore shares their early history with the lineage that left us with “knops”, decorative features on more delicate stemware.
These early features were applied very crudely – either by simply touching the body or stem of a vessel with a rod of molten glass, leaving a residual mass in place, or by cutting and dropping blobs from an even more molten rod on to the main piece. The “touched” application would often leave thin tails of glass where the rod was drawn away – very delicate, easily broken and therefore extraordinarily rare to find intact.
It became apparent in the middle ages that these simple blobs could be decorated, with the same techniques as used for stamping #wax seals – impressing an image in to the still-molten glass using an engraved die. Simple designs of small dots lead to many of these imprinted examples resembling fruit – #raspberries or strawberries, after which they became known; more complex types can be found which feature stars, shells and even lion’s faces.
At this point the name shifted from the original drop, or touch-made, nuppen to that of prunts – a simple derivation from the physical process of impressing an image in to the glass; it’s common to hear these later decorations referred to as “#printies ”, so clear is the link to the method by which they were created.
more examples: https://scotant.uk/2PuAIJ1

Going though Josh’s old toybox, I found these: #printies I repurposed this. Bought squeakers and stuffed these bad boys, and now we have new dog toys! Swipe all the way right for Freya’s reaction to squeakers. They’re her favorite. #hugsforfreya